Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Feb 05, 2009
TAM took delivery of its fourth A321 this week. Aircraft seats 220 and will operate Porto Alegre-Sao Paulo Guarulhos-Recife.
Feb 05, 2009
Royal Jordanian does not plan to ground aircraft or abandon routes owing to the economic meltdown, CEO Samer Majali told ATWOnline at oneworld's 10th anniversary event in Madrid. The carrier will take delivery of new A319s this month and next and will launch Brussels service in April as scheduled. "After several years of high double-digit growth in passengers and an even greater increase in revenue, we are planning for a very modest growth this year," he said. He conceded that "modest" could equte to "zero," which he said was a "positive" considering the market downturn.
Feb 05, 2009
Jeppesen and Continental Airlines are working together to define "a multiyear Required Navigation Performance program" for CO under a recently signed letter of intent. "Jeppesen has provided navigation services for Continental for many years and we look forward to working with them on implementation of this technology," VP-Flight Operations Fred Abbott said. The airline is deploying electronic flight bag services from Jeppesen.
Feb 05, 2009
LAN Airlines is working on an interim solution to fill the gap until the first of its 26 787s finally arrives, CEO Enrique Cueto told ATWOnline, and now expects the first Dreamliner to come two years late "by the end of 2013."
Feb 05, 2009
Boeing sent a notice to all Trent 800-powered 777 operators that both the uncommanded loss of thrust on a Delta Air Lines 777-200ER in November and the dual rollback that led to the British Airways -200ER crash landing at London Heathrow 13 months ago likely were caused by ice in the fuel feed system (ATWOnline, Dec. 19, 2008).
Jul 15, 2015
Airbus is looking at new ways of detecting improperly latched engine cowling doors after the latest in a series of incidents resulting in the loss of the doors in flight.
Jul 15, 2015
African budget carrier fastjet has signed a letter of intent (LOI) with an undisclosed lessor for its fifth Airbus A319 and is preparing to take delivery of its fourth aircraft, which will be used to launch startup carrier fastjet Zimbabwe.
Jul 15, 2015
Delta Air Lines’ order for 40 new Boeing 737-900ERs and 20 used Embraer E-190s has been shelved owing to the carrier’s pilots rejecting a tentative agreement on a new labor contract.
Jul 14, 2015
[UPDATED] The Airbus A350 XWB has kicked off the US leg of its tour of the Americas in Atlanta, Georgia.
Jul 13, 2015
British Airways (BA) has named Heathrow-Delhi as its first Boeing 787-9 route, from Oct. 25, and is moving ahead with plans to revamp its Boeing 747 fleet.
Jul 13, 2015
The “green” ATR 72 prototype made the first flight of the “Clean Sky Joint Technology Initiative (CS JTI)” test campaign on July 8.
Jul 10, 2015
Taipei-based China Airlines is seeing improvement in yields on its North American routes since introducing the Boeing 777-300ER, replacing the four-engine 747-400, chairman & CEO Hang Hung Sun told ATW.